From Washington Post

In many parts of Africa, a cellphone is much more than a phone; it’s a flashlight, a watch, a calculator, a camera and a radio.

In Tanzania, where mobile banking is common, phones provide women with a way to make secure banking transactions, monitor market prices for their crops, receive doctors’ prescriptions and health care reminders, and stay abreast of changing weather.

Two Middletown sisters, Kim and Kristen Waeber, started a company in November – Kidogo Kidogo, which translates to “little by little” in Swahili – with the aim of helping lift the financial barrier that prevents women in Tanzania from having access to mobile technology.

Kim Waeber works full-time with a U.S. government contractor in Richmond, Va. Kristen Waeber spent some time in Cameroon and Kenya, and works for a telecommunications company in Tanzania, which exposed her to the women’s predicament.

Kidogo Kidogo sells iPhone cases here in the U.S. that do a lot more than look good and protect phones, Kim Waeber said.

Written by Ike Wilson/Read more at Washington Post